NEWS FETCH – September 11, 2014

TOP NEWS

• France to be world’s top wine producer despite fall in exports
• Emerging Hispanic Wine Market to be Examined at Financial Symposium in Napa
• Wine As Economic Indicator
• California recovery at “painfully plodding” pace
• Gov Brown signs bill requiring employers to give paid sick leave
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HARVEST 2014/GLOBAL WINE SUPPLY

• Lodi harvest: fast and furious
• Early, fast harvest,top-quality for Central Coast grower
• Frantic North Coast Grape Harvest in Full Swing

CALIFORNIA BRIEFS

• Seismic Expert Urges Safer Barrel-Stacking Method
• Napa After The Quake: Wine Tasting Is Back On
• Sonoma County Vintners loses top official
• Right to post negative reviews gets Calif protection
• Ag thieves targeting pesticides to resell to pot growers
• How To Engage Your Wine Club Members So They Can’t Live Without You *Sponsored Link*

DROUGHT/WATER

• California’s Water-Starved Farmers Stymied by Fish Protections
• Rep. Bera sponsors bill to block federal funding for Delta tunnels
• Field Poll: Calif majority support water bond
• San Joaquin County growers learn lessons in managing water and dry soils
• Sustainability: A History *Sponsored Link*

PUBLIC COMPANIES

• Tesco’s shares tumble after second profit warning

FINANCE, M&A

• Les Grands Chais de France buys into Costières de Nimes
• A Guide to Investment, Innovation and Business Opportunities in the Water Sector *Sponsored Link*

INVESTING IN WINE, COLLECTING & AUCTIONS

• Welland’s $15m Wine Collection Goes Under The Hammer
• Investing in Liquid Assets: Uncorking Profits in Today’s Global Wine Market *Sponsored Link*

HEALTH

• The fine art of not drinking wine
• Big Overall Decline: U.S. Per Capita Alcohol Consumption 1977-2010
• Association of alcohol intake with different types of breast cancer
• The Drunken Monkey: Why We Drink and Abuse Alcohol *Sponsored Link*

REGULATION & COMPLIANCE

• Tales from the AVA front

MARKETING & SALES

• Visiting distributors pays off for vintners: Trellis Study
• Millennials vs. grocery store wines
• Kendall-Jackson’s New Wine Targets ‘Mature Millennials’
• A Tiered Approach to Wine Marketing Strategy
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SOCIAL MEDIA & TECH

• Creating a Persistent Shopping Cart
• How to sell your brand to online retail channels like Vinomofo.com and Lot18.com *Sponsored Link*

MEDIA MATTERS

• Terroir as a brand, and not as something that makes wine taste good
• WBC 2014 and the Wine Blog Awards – Part 2
• Looking for free wine writing content?
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MATTERS OF TASTE

• What’s your vinotype?
• Vin de France: the flexible future?
• New York wine makers vie with France’s top Merlot producers
• Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison the World’s Greatest Wine *Sponsored

WINE EDUCATION

• Here comes the Apple’s wine i-Tasting app! ;-)

WINE TOURISM

• New destination for wine lovers: China
• Global Wine Tourism *Sponsored Link*

REGIONAL WINE NEWS

• Finger Lakes Winery owner asks for probe of gas storage project
• Beyond Jefferson’s Vines: The Evolution of Quality Wine in Virginia *Sponsored Link*

PACKAGING, LABELS & CORKS

• Wine producer adopts carbon neutral cork
• The Art and Design of Contemporary Wine Labels*Sponsored Link*

AG, GROWER & CELLAR NEWS

• AgroThermal Systems, German company collaborate on technology
• Pressing under nitrogen, the Inertys system
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EUROPE & THE UK

• Argentina and South Africa lead growth in off-trade sales in UK
• Expert team backs new UK wine company

DOWN UNDER

• McLaren Vale approved under national Entwine program
• Industry mourns driver behind NZ’s wine success
• Wines of the Southern Hemisphere: The Complete Guide *Sponsored Link*

SOUTH AFRICA

• South Africa’s oldest wine estates
• Wines of the New South Africa: Tradition and Revolution *Sponsored Link*

AROUND THE GLOBE

• Last Syrian vineyard keeps wine flowing despite war
• Wines of Lebanon *Sponsored Link*

NOT JUST FOR THE TRADE

• Where Do Wine Prices Come From?
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